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title: שִׁמְעוֹן — Simeon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁמְעוֹן (8095), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 44 times: Simeon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁמְעוֹן

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«שִׁמְעוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Simeon** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 44 times · **Key:** 8095 · **BDB:** שִׁמְעוֹן

### Glosses

of.Simeon (23); Simeon (21)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Simeon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8095/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8095/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (cf. n.pr. שמעון in Palm. Lzb 378; meaning doubtful; RS al. cp. سِمْعٌ, said to mean offspring of hyena and wolf; v. HoggEB iv. 4531);— second son of Jacob and Leah, Συμεων: Gn 29:33 (name expl. from שָׁמַע), 35:23 Ex 1:2 + 14 times (assoc. especially with Levi Gn 34:25, 30; 49:5). tribal name Ju 1:3(×2), 17 Nu 1:6 +; so בְּנֵי שׁ׳ Nu 1:22 + 7 times, מַטֵּה שׁ׳ Nu 1:23; 2:12; 13:5; מַטֵּה בְנֵי שׁ׳ 10:19; 34:20 Jos 19:1, 8; 21:9 1 Ch 6:50. post-ex.. Jew with foreign wife Ezr 10:31.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁמְעוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8095/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.1.2/)

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רְאוּבֵ֣ן שִׁמְע֔וֹן לֵוִ֖י וִיהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah

*JPS 1917:* Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

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[Numbers 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.1.6/)

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לְשִׁמְע֕וֹן שְׁלֻמִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־צוּרִֽישַׁדָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* for Simeon Shelumiel the.son of.Zurishaddai

*JPS 1917:* Of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

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